Damn you cbid!

[socalsailor]

Cool tool. I actually did ok last night, then. I won 50 assorted cigars for under $100. Also, I stayed right inside the average for all lots.

 

[dontWIZonme]

I'm still waiting on 42 to get here ahahahaha. Actually make that 66, I won a box and a 4 count sampler the other day.

 

[socalsailor]

Nice score!

 

[herfdog]

I am almost afraid to ask...

Do they ship to Canada?

 

[ENV]

Not what I was saying pal

He loves them. Expecially lances.

 

[socalsailor]

I am almost afraid to ask...

Do they ship to Canada?

CI owns the site, so if they ship to Canada, you should be good. They do not ship humidified, however, so be careful.

 

[herfdog]

CI owns the site, so if they ship to Canada, you should be good. They do not ship humidified, however, so be careful.

Looks like I am safe then. From what I gather on the interwebs, its impossible to ship outside of the US with cigar international... (makes little sense to me, but hey.)

on another note, I was kinda happy at the perspective of a good place to get sticks to refill my humi before the hollidays. Will have to look elsewhere.

 

[itchylove]

Hahaha I love the Cbid stories, such a dangerous site!

 

[Mossome]

So Cigars International doesn't ship internationally. How ironic.

Looks like I am safe then. From what I gather on the interwebs, its impossible to ship outside of the US with cigar international... (makes little sense to me, but hey.)

on another note, I was kinda happy at the perspective of a good place to get sticks to refill my humi before the hollidays. Will have to look elsewhere.

 

[herfdog]

So Cigars International doesn't ship internationally. How ironic.

I know right !!

International refers to the fact that cigars come from anywhere on the globe.

I'd be surprised to see an all-american cigar store with only US-grown and US-made cigars!!!

So... yeah.

 

[Jmphotog]

I resemble that remark!

Bid on four or five, hoping to win at least one, get all of them...

...uncomfortable conversation with my wife when she gets the mail.

Yeah, brother, that's a common story around here! LOL

All this exactly LMAO!! do you know how many times I have had an "ummmm" moment with my wife when it came C-bid hahah I would just sit there and be like yeah...... so how much was that purse?

 

[Argus17]

Thankfully they banned me from that place. Haven't bought from them in a year and a half. But there where some weeks where my shipping charges alone where over $30. Pure insanity.

 

[Argus17]

dont do it without consulting this first...

http://sloppymcnubble.com/cbid/

using SMcN I almost always get extremely good deals on cbid...

in the past when I have not used it.. I have paid too much..


For example.. I just won a box of Torano Noventa Latins there last night...
a decent yard gar/daily smoker that CI sells for about $80 a box...

I paid $43.. which is where I set my "high bid" after checking out SMcN and finding out that the best price for a box of those paid over the past year on cbid has been $37, and the worst price has been $68...

Pretty happy with the outcome..

Cool, dude. If you enjoy them, go for it, as long as you are aware of a few things.
1) The ones you got are not by Torano.
2) CI owns the label and controls manufacturing.
3) The ad copy is.... how do I say this nicely?....uh, less then honest.

 

[mdwest]

Well aware of all of that...

But.. At less than $2 a stick for something to smoke while cutting grass... I'm good...

 

[THEMISCHMAN]

Cool, dude. If you enjoy them, go for it, as long as you are aware of a few things.
1) The ones you got are not by Torano.
2) CI owns the label and controls manufacturing.
3) The ad copy is.... how do I say this nicely?....uh, less then honest.

How do you find out if a certain cigar is made by the manufacturer or if the label is owned by someone else?

 

[JuzCallMeDee]

How do you find out if a certain cigar is made by the manufacturer or if the label is owned by someone else?

The Google machine

 

[Argus17]

How do you find out if a certain cigar is made by the manufacturer or if the label is owned by someone else?

First thing, check the manufacturer's web site. If the cigar is not listed, they either no longer own the label, or it is an exclusive made to a retailer's specs. It is known that CI will buy out remaining stock of a discontinued cigar along with the rights to the label. If it becomes a regular CI offering, at some point the original cigars run out, and you start getting who knows what, manufactured by who knows who.

The Noventa is a no brainer. Check CI's ad copy, and remember that this cigar has been a regular production offering of thier's for well over 3 years. Charlie would have had to have thousands upon thousands of boxes of these filling his warehouse for the ad copy to be true today. The ad copy may have been true for a little while, but at some time, it ceased being so.

If a retailer buys the right to a label, they have every legal right to manufacturer it as they see fit. What they don't have the right to do, is produce misleading ad copy about it.

 

[Mossome]

First thing, check the manufacturer's web site. If the cigar is not listed, they either no longer own the label, or it is an exclusive made to a retailer's specs. It is known that CI will buy out remaining stock of a discontinued cigar along with the rights to the label. If it becomes a regular CI offering, at some point the original cigars run out, and you start getting who knows what, manufactured by who knows who.

The Noventa is a no brainer. Check CI's ad copy, and remember that this cigar has been a regular production offering of thier's for well over 3 years. Charlie would have had to have thousands upon thousands of boxes of these filling his warehouse for the ad copy to be true today. The ad copy may have been true for a little while, but at some time, it ceased being so.

If a retailer buys the right to a label, they have every legal right to manufacturer it as they see fit. What they don't have the right to do, is produce misleading ad copy about it.

Wow. I was completely unaware of any of this. That's why I come here, to learn the dos and don'ts. Seems like clearly a bait and switch scam. Is CI the only one or do others do this as well?

 

[boltman]

And it's always "well, I'm already paying for shipping, might as well add to my order..."

For sure. I've used that exact justification to my demise more than once.

 

[THEMISCHMAN]

First thing, check the manufacturer's web site. If the cigar is not listed, they either no longer own the label, or it is an exclusive made to a retailer's specs. It is known that CI will buy out remaining stock of a discontinued cigar along with the rights to the label. If it becomes a regular CI offering, at some point the original cigars run out, and you start getting who knows what, manufactured by who knows who.

The Noventa is a no brainer. Check CI's ad copy, and remember that this cigar has been a regular production offering of thier's for well over 3 years. Charlie would have had to have thousands upon thousands of boxes of these filling his warehouse for the ad copy to be true today. The ad copy may have been true for a little while, but at some time, it ceased being so.

If a retailer buys the right to a label, they have every legal right to manufacturer it as they see fit. What they don't have the right to do, is produce misleading ad copy about it.

Thanks for the info. I was gonna post a thread concerning a question I had regarding this but I'll just ask it here. I bought a couple Torano Exodus '50 years' from the site we were just talking about. I smoked them and I thought they were pretty good. They also had a Torano Exodus '50 years' Cuban Toro LE. I grabbed one of those too just for the hell of it. I looked on Toranos site for it and came up with nothing. The wrappers were different colors between the two as well. The Cuban Toro was a lot lighter than the other Exodus'. Could this be an example of an exclusive or something CI is producing? Here's a link to it.
http://www.cigarbid.com/Auction/Lot/1900202/Carlos-Torano-Exodus-1959-50-Years-Cuban-Toro-LE-Single/
Thanks again for the knowledge.